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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Sogolon beg to borrow from Sassouma?
(a) A berry.
(b) A leaf.
(c) An egg.
(d) A branch.
2. In which African country does this story take place?
(a) Chad.
(b) Mali.
(c) Libya.
(d) Somalia.
3. Which of the following is the most important task for a griot to accomplish?
(a) To predict.
(b) To remember.
(c) To judge.
(d) To interpret.
4. What is the role of a griot?
(a) Story teller.
(b) King.
(c) Medicine man.
(d) Spiritual advisor.
5. How is Kanty related to Fakoli?
(a) Fakoli is his brother.
(b) Fakoli is his nephew.
(c) Fakoli is his father.
(d) Fakoli is his son.
6. Whose responsibility is it to track the history of African families?
(a) The king.
(b) The griot.
(c) The wives.
(d) The sons.
7. What do the Malian people believe is the most definitive characteristic of the heavenly God?
(a) He is vengeful.
(b) He is mysterious.
(c) He is trustworthy.
(d) He is powerful.
8. Which of the following types of poems is the genre which "Sundiata" belongs to?
(a) Limmerick.
(b) Epic.
(c) Prose.
(d) Lyric.
9. Who urges Dankaran to hate his brothers?
(a) Manding Bory.
(b) Fassyky.
(c) Sogolon.
(d) Sassouma.
10. Who is Fran Kamara?
(a) Sundiata's griot.
(b) Sundiata's childhood friend.
(c) Sundiata's arch enemy.
(d) Sundiata's brother.
11. How does Fassyky win over Kanty's heart, and convince him not to kill him?
(a) He bribes Kanty with bags of gold.
(b) He sings Kanty a song.
(c) He begs Kanty for his life.
(d) He threatens Kanty with Sundiata's power.
12. Why does the king fear marrying Sogolon?
(a) Because he thinks she is too good for him.
(b) Because he thinks she is a spider reincarnated.
(c) Because he thinks she is possessed with ghosts.
(d) Because he thinks she has an evil spirit.
13. Who do the Malian people believe should be the true king of Mali?
(a) Kanty.
(b) Dankaran.
(c) Sundiata.
(d) Fakoli.
14. Out of what metal does Sundiata ask the blacksmiths to make his walking rod?
(a) Gold.
(b) Iron.
(c) Silver.
(d) Steel.
15. How many wives does Sundiata's father have?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.
Short Answer Questions
1. How long does Sundiata wander in the desert before settling in Djedeba?
2. Whose griot is Kouyaty?
3. Who is Maghan Kon Fatta?
4. In what country is Sundiata named heir to a childless king?
5. Which character is forced into Kanty's employment?
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